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The Good Rain

The Good Rain

by Timothy Egan

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 254 PAGES

An excellent portrait of the region. Egan travels along the Columbia River in the footsteps of 1853 visionary Theodore Winthrop through Washington and Oregon, focusing on the history, people and natural resources. (PNW11, $14.95)

National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Pacific Northwest

National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Pacific Northwest

by Peter Alden

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1998
  • FLEXI-BOUND
  • 448 PAGES

A compact photographic guide to the wildflowers, trees, mosses, butterflies, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals of the Pacific Northwest. (PNW50, $19.95)

Crater Lake National Park Map

Crater Lake National Park Map

by Trails Illustrated

  • MAP

A durable, topographic map of Crater Lake National Park at a scale of 1:63,000. (PNW159, $11.95)

 

Oregon Map


by Benchmark Maps

  • MAP

A folded road map of Oregon at a scale of 1:1,100,000. (PNW166, $7.95)

Insider's Guide to Portland, Oregon


by Dave Johnson | Rachel Dresbeck

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

A comprehensive, practical guide with detailed descriptions of local attractions. (PNW114, $18.95)

Fugitives and Refugees, A Walk in Portland, Oregon

Fugitives and Refugees, A Walk in Portland, Oregon


by Chuck Palahniuk

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 176 PAGES

Novelist Palahniuk's appreciative, decidedly eccentric account of his adopted city (and the other oddballs it has attracted), strong on local flavor and personality. (PNW150, $16.95)

Owning It All

Owning It All


by William Kittredge

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 182 PAGES

A beautifully written memoir of growing up on a ranch in Oregon's Warner Valley in the 1930s by one of the great writers on the American West. (PNW49, $15.00)

The Oregon Trail, Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life

The Oregon Trail, Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life


by Francis Parkman | David Levin

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 504 PAGES

The original, 19th-century account by the great American historian and romantic, based in part on the author's wanderings on the Oregon Trail through the plains of Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and Kansas. (USW369, $16.00)

Undaunted Courage, Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West

Undaunted Courage, Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West


by Stephen Ambrose

  • EXPLORATION
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 528 PAGES

Ambrose recreates the high adventure and politics of late 18th-century America in this classic history, rich in details of Native American life, geography, flora and fauna. (USW20, $18.00)

Myths and Legends of the Pacific Northwest

Myths and Legends of the Pacific Northwest


by Katharine Berry Judson

  • LITERATURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 204 PAGES

Presented here with 52 photographs, these traditional stories, first collected in 1910, reveal myths and traditions of creation, the salmon and noted geographical features of the territory. (PNW17, $14.95)

The Living, A Novel


by Annie Dillard

  • LITERATURE
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

Pulitzer Prize-winning memoirist Annie Dillard tries her hand at fiction in this tale of 19th-century pioneers, adjusting to a difficult new life in the Pacific Northwest. (PNW108, $14.99)

Winterkill

Winterkill


by Craig Lesley

  • LITERATURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

A highly acclaimed novel by a Pacific Northwest literary lion, this book is a tale of fathers and sons, of modern Native American life, of the salmon and the spirit world. (PNW117, $17.00)

The Klamath Knot


by David Rains Wallace

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER

The 20th-anniversary edition of Wallace's celebrated meditation on the natural history, myth and meaning of the Klamath mountains of northern California and southern Oregon. (CAL251, $21.95)

A Field Guide to the Cascades and Olympics

A Field Guide to the Cascades and Olympics


by Stephen Whitney

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

Don't just call it a mushroom when it's a golden chanterelle; know your screech owl from your saw-whet owl; distinguish a monarch butterfly from a painted lady, all with the help of this comprehensive guide to the 600 species of common plants and animals of the region. (PNW20, $21.95)

Plants and Animals of the Pacific Northwest

Plants and Animals of the Pacific Northwest


by Eugene Kozloff

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1978
  • PAPER
  • 264 PAGES

A convenient single-volume introduction to the natural history of the Pacific Northwest. Divided by habitat, it covers plant life in detail with some information on associated invertebrates, reptiles, amphibians and a few mammals. (PNW10, $35.00)

Roadside Geology Series, Oregon

Roadside Geology Series, Oregon


by David D. Alt

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1986
  • PAPER
  • 284 PAGES

Designed for the roadside traveler, this series explains in detail the geologic history of each of the states as seen through the window. (PNW65, $16.00)

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America


by David Sibley

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 474 PAGES

A compact, geographically specific version of the Sibley Guide with all-new range maps, the same glorious illustrations and expanded, extremely valuable descriptions of each bird. (USW418, $19.95)

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